INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

Background Books on Reading
Instruction/Education

48. Preventing
Reading Failure: An Examination Of the Myths Of Reading Instruction
Dr. Patrick Groff: Recommended reading for everyone concerned with our
nations education, especially those involved with the reading debate
and in teaching reading, because it exposes many of the myths that are currently
taught to prospective teachers by the colleges of education; in-depth
bibliography of reviews of research on phonics; paperback; 208
pages.

49. The Whole
Language/OBE FraudSamuel Blumenfeld: Mr. Blumenfeld writes with
his usual clarity, accuracy, and power of meticulous research; a comprehensive
analysis of the federalizing of education in America, including
whole language and Outcome Based Education (OBE). Must reading; paperback;
351 pages.

50. Educating
for the New World OrderB.K. Eakman: Story of how an extraordinarily
determined and intelligent woman stood up to the educational bureaucracy
and accidentally uncovered a scheme to redirect both the control and purpose
of American education. The book revolves around eight legal and ethical issues
and is detailed and articulate; paperback; 291 pages.

51. Retarding
America: The Imprisonment of PotentialMichael S. Brunner: Forcefully
and accurately reveals that the primary method used to teach reading in our
schools may contribute in large measure to the burgeoning juvenile
delinquency this nation now suffers...empirical evidence ...has led some
scholars to equate it with academic child abuse. Documents and details
that sustained frustration due to inablility to read and failure to achieve
selected academic goals may lead to delinquency; paperback, 158
pages.

53. Reading,
Writing, and CreativityRaymond E. Laurita: This book records
the results of Mr. Lauritas reflection and experiences
as a result of his having taught at every level from junior high school through
graduate course work and having engaged at every level of the elementary
school in the field of learning disabilities in the clinical remedial and
tutorial situation. In private practice, he has treated all ages and kinds
of disability from mildly disabled to grossly impaired, brain-damaged children;
paperback.

55. Marva
Collins Way  Marva Collins and Civia Tamarkin: Americas
most outspoken and controversial educator shares her secrets for returning
excellence in education and quality in the classrooms. Marva, an effective
and an inspirational teacher, demonstrates how parents and teachers can make
any child an achiever.

57. Programmed
Illiteracy In Our Schools  Mary Johnson: Shows that the individual
can make herself heard and can contribute to improving the quality of education.
Simple instructions for parents to teach letter sounds, word building &
basic spelling; remedial assistance for older children. Practical tests for
classroom use by teachers; paperback; 170 pages.

58. Schoolwise:
A Parents Guide to Getting the Best Education for Your Child 
Martha C. Brown: For public and private school parents who wish to advocate
for their children and work for meaningful changes in the schools; paperback;
256 pages.

59. The Interactive
Parent: How To Help Your Child Survive and Succeed in the Public Schools
 Dr. Linwood Laughy: Includes some depressing facts on academic
standards of the colleges of education and the academic levels of teachers;
helps understand the schools and how to deal with them; does not deal with
teaching methods; paperback; 203 pages.

60. The New
Illiterates: And How to Keep Your Child From Becoming One  Samuel
Blumenfeld: Originally published in 1973 (republished in 1988) in an attempt
to enlighten the educators on the scandalous reading problem; important for
parents in understanding the reading instruction debate; paperback; 358
pages.

61. Private Sector
Alternatives For Preventing Reading Failure  A directory of
national organizations that provides a rationale for their need and an assessment
of the professional training they make available for prospective or inservice
teachers of reading  Dr. Patrick Groff: Includes comments on a
survey revealing the failure of colleges of education to use the research
supporting phonics as the superior method of teaching reading and discusses
the Great American Reading Machine which creates a monopoly in
the training of teachers;
8
x 11" paperback; 119 pages.

62. NEA: Trojan
Horse In American Education  Samuel Blumenfeld: Evaluation of NEA
activities in and out of education; paperback.

63. The Closing
Of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished
the Souls Of Todays Students  Dr. Allan Bloom: hardback (sale
while books last).